Date:	Monday 12 September 1988
Time:	07:05
Type:	Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 Marquise
Owner/operator:	Rijnmond Air Services
Registration:	PH-DRX
MSN:	1555SA
Year of manufacture:	1981
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Best, Noord-Brabant -   Netherlands
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:	Rotterdam Airport (EHRD)
Destination airport:	Eindhoven Airport (EIN/EHEH)
Investigating agency:	RvdL
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Contacted treetops at 5600 m from the runway threshold at Eindhoven Airport. The elevator separated. The airplane contacted other treetops until it crashed in a clearing.
At the time of the accident the ILS glidepath was unservicable. The ILS localizer, NDB and Tacan were available for the approach.
During the non precision approach in poor visibility conditions, descent was continued below MDA.
The safety board concluded that the crew probably attempted a quick descent through the clouds down to MDA in order to obtain visual contact with the ground and carry out a visual approach.

Uitspraak van de Raad voor de Luchtvaart Inzake het ongeval op 12 september 1988 te Best overkomen aan het luchtvaartuig PH-DRX

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
21-Jan-2008 10:00	ASN archive	Added
08-Jan-2012 12:40	harro	Updated [Time, Operator, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
18-Sep-2014 15:19	Anon.	Updated [Narrative, ]
18-Jun-2022 23:44	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, ]
26-Apr-2025 05:23	Anon.	Updated [Category, ]
26-Apr-2025 07:30	ASN	Updated [Narrative, Accident report, ]